Gas-burner.



W. S. REAMER.

GAS BURNER.

{APPLICATION YILED 11.23, 1914.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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WILLIAM S. REAMER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

GAS-BURNER.

Application filed April 23, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. REAMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gas-burners for cook stoves and ranges, and my object is to provide a gas-burner which is so constructed as to constitute the front grate, and the front and end linings of the lirebox, so that the capacity of the latter for coal or other hard fuel will in no wise be diminished.

The gas-burner is so formed that it constitutes no obstruction whatever to the placing of hard fuel in the fire-box, hence a change in fuel from gas to coal may be instantly effected without changing either the gas-burner or said fire-box, or if desired gas and a hard fuel may be burned together.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a broken perspective view of my gasburner removed from the fire-box. Fig. 2 is a section on line IIII of Fig. 3, showing the burner in position in the firebox, and Fig. 3 is a section on line HIIII of Fig. 2.

A designates the upper front portion of a cook stove or range, provided with the customary pouch feed B for the admission of a hard fuel to the fire-box C, which latter is provided at its bottom side with the customary duplex locking-grate D. The front and rear ends of the fire-box, in the present instance, are lined with my gas-burner, while the back of said fire-box has the customary lining E. The gas-burner and the back lining 15 are supported in any suitable manner, brackets F, being shown in the present instance for this purpose.

The burner consists of a pair of front chambers 1, and two end chambers 2 and 3 communicating with said front chambers, as disclosed by the drawing. The front chambers l abut at their adjacent ends l and are less in height than the end chambers 2 and 3 to admit air and a hard fuel to the fire-box through the pouch-feed B. The lower corners of the front chamber 1, adj acent the grate D, have integral fingers 5, constituting the front side of the grate. The chambers 1, 2 and 3, are divided into upper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 191%..

Serial No. 234,013.

-9, 10 and 11, are, preferably, inclined downwardly to prevent the lodgment of dust or ashes therein, and are further protected from clogging by overhanging horizontal flanges 12, 13 and 14, respectively. The up per and lower compartments of the end chambers 2 and 3 are supplied with gas through feedpipes 15 and 16, provided with valves 17 and 18, respectively, to control the flow of gas therethrough. The feed-pipes 15 and 16 extend through the side walls G of the stove and then forwardly to bring the valves 17 and 18 within convenient reach at the front of the stove, so that said valves can be readily manipulated for the purpose of controlling the fire as desired. The rear wall of chamber 3 is notched or recessed, as

indicated at 19 for the passage of waterpipes when a water-back, or coil, is substituted for the solid lining E. When intense heat is desired, gas is admitted to both the upper and lower compartments of the chambers, and being ignited at the perforations, fills the fire-box G with flames which impinge against the lining E, but when a low fire is desired, a limited flow of gas is admitted to only the upper or lower compartments, as desired.

While I have shown the front chambers 1 arranged in two sections, for convenience in installing the burner in the fire-box, it is obvious that said front chambers may be cast in one piece without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, and when the burners are to be installed in a stove in which it is desired to also burn wood, the end chamber 2 is omitted, so that wood may be fed into the fire-box through the customary door with which most cooking stoves and ranges are provided.

From the foregoing description, it is apparent that I have produced a gas burner of simple and durable construction, and one that can be readily installed in the ordinary cool: tove, or range, without altering the same or interfering with the burning of a hard fuel such as coal, wood, etc.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my gas burner, I reserve the right to make such changes in the construction and proportion of parts as properly fall Within the spirit and scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination with the fire-box of a cook stove or range, a gasburner consisting of a front chamber having upper and lower perforations therein and constituting the front lining of said fire-box, and a horizontal partition dividing said chamber into upper and lower compartments.

2. In combination with the fire-box of a cook stove or range, a gas-burner consisting 1 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

